Medical School Application Tips

Understanding the Application stage of the medical entry process

You've been studying hard. And now you have another hurdle to cross before you are offered a medical interview. You are ready for the challenge, but is that what your written application portrays?

Your medical school application is part of an important pre-interview screening process that conveys an overall impression of a candidate that is directly comparable to other applicants in the same intake. Your answer reflects your knowledge of social appropriateness along with other precursors of success, such as your writing style, spelling and punctuation awareness, and general awareness of content suitability. All Australian universities assess application criteria differently, but usually, they will subscribe to a structured process where an admissions committee will screen your application to assign a score. This score will directly reflect your chances of being offered an interview place, dependant on the calibre of other candidates. Some universities then use secondary assessors to further assign scores to establish inter-rater reliability. Regardless of how your university assesses your medical school application, you’ll have only a small window of opportunity to impress the university, and it’s important that you approach this gateway to medical entry with the magnitude it deserves.

Every year, students become overwhelmed with the varying criteria that their medical school applications need to meet in order to gain them a coveted interview position. After spending so many days working on your application, and so many years working on your practical criteria, don’t fall over so close to the finish line. Submit a medical school application that enhances your chances of selection and opens doors to your dream future, and do not rest until you know you have crafted that application!

Does your Medical School Application reflect the 'best you'?

The art of writing an impressive application is not too difficult once you’ve successfully completed all the academic criteria, work experience, medical involvement or extracurricular activities that will really make your writing pop. The hardest thing is – how to integrate this information when and where it is relevant, without committing the common ‘faux pas’ of non-relevance, self-grandiosity, misdirection, cliché, stereotyping, and insipidity? And how can you be sure that you’ve avoided the very worst mistakes, including the content matter that will single-handedly dismiss your application from further consideration? Furthermore, which universities expect résumé information written into your application, and which universities disapprove of it? Does your writing read like an application, a curriculum vitae, a biography, a dramatic script, or something else entirely? – and what does your choice of style reflect about you?

Your application needs to maximise differentiation in the right ways and facilitate an opening to your relationship with the university you are applying to. And it all happens using the magic of words and genuine communication.

Advice on writing your medical school application

Some handy advice for you, from NIE’s professional team of education, medical and psychological experts, is to pay great attention to every word you write, and to the concepts you are leveraging to tie those words together. Take some time to let your answers ‘cure’ (that is, to rest your writing so that you can then re-read your answers with fresh eyes after a short break).Some other tips from our team to help make the writing component of this daunting task easier are as follows:

Do not present superficially. That is, it is better to theme yourself to show strength in a few areas if you are limited for writing space than it is to scatter your accomplishments ‘too thin’ and lose any advantage that theming may gain you when capturing the attention of a reader.

Avoid untruths and exaggerations. We can tell. Just believe us.

Be humble yet proud. When you convey facts or personal information, do so with humility rather than arrogance. Most of our clients are high achievers, and you are used to progressing through life with success and hard-earned results as a matter of familiarity. However personality is easily revealed within open-answers, and you should manifest this familiarity as a strength and not as conceit.

Show grit. Grit is a psychological construct that predicts success, especially in competitive fields and in higher academia. It is described as ‘the perseverance and passion to attain long-term goals’ – and you will want to show some aspect of grit in your medical school application.

How do you know that your application is up to par?

The sad truth is that most medical school applications from aspiring candidates do not make the cut. Even those with the most brilliant GPAs or academic rankings have been caught out by the application process.

There is nothing that can predict the acceptance of your application by your chosen university or universities with 100% accuracy, as the assessors on the other side of the process are given set criteria but are also human, with all of humanity’s personal foibles and idiosyncrasies. However, there are many things that are within your power that will increase your chance of success.

There are many online resources that may help you to practice your writing, editing and communication skills, and we would encourage you to utilise any reputable ones that you find. Have your parents and mentors look over your writing, and ask them for their honest take on how you deliver yourself.

Hi NIE,
I obtained scores of 98% (70 raw), 96% (63 raw), 96% (65 raw). My overall percentile was 99%. Thank you very much for all your support throughout my UMAT preparation.
My parents are also saying 'Thanks for all your help'. I just booked the medical interviews session with you as well.

Anna

Just thought I'd let you know how I went in UMAT. I got in the 97th percentile which I'm really happy with!! I just want to say thanks for the course and the materials, they were very useful.

Jonathan

Hi Simon,

Kasun got very good results for his UMAT. He got 99th , 87th and 88th percentiles respectively for the three sections. His overall percentile is 97th.

Hi Simon,
Kasun got very good results for his UMAT. He got 99th , 87th and 88th percentiles respectively for the three sections. His overall percentile is 97th.
These results will lead him towards to an interview. He is doing well in his studies as well. Is it possible to book an interview training session in late November as he will be finishing his TEE on the 16th November?
Thank you very much for helping him to achieve his goals.
Regards,

Srikanthi

Hi, I scored 100 in section 1, and 96 in section 3, I'm absolutely stoked with these marks and couldn't have done it without NIE.

Still can't believe that 1st section mark, and that third section... Read More

Hi, I scored 100 in section 1, and 96 in section 3, I'm absolutely stoked with these marks and couldn't have done it without NIE.
Still can't believe that 1st section mark, and that third section was very much thanks to the extra time that you spent with me. I’m waiting for offers but am happy with my scores.
A main round offer at UNSW is most probably harder due to the fact that i'm transferring rather than leaving school so far fewer places.
Anyway thanks very much for everything.

Andrew

My percentiles were 100, 67, and 89 and I got an interview for NSW. There is no way I could have done it without your NIE program. Out of curiosity, what sort of UMAT results are needed to get an... Read More

My percentiles were 100, 67, and 89 and I got an interview for NSW. There is no way I could have done it without your NIE program. Out of curiosity, what sort of UMAT results are needed to get an interview at Adelaide?

Christopher

Thank you so much for your help with the UMAT preparation. I have got my results back and have done quite well, my percentiles were:

Thank you so much for your help with the UMAT preparation. I have got my results back and have done quite well, my percentiles were:
Section 1 …98 Section 2 …98 Section 3 …79.
I am very pleased with these results and have since been offered an interview with University of Adelaide which I am quite excited about.
Thanks a million.

Michelle

Hi Simon,

I'm not sure whether you even remember me or not, but I did the UMAT last year and was trying to get into medicine. i know this comes really late, but well, i ended up getting in at... Read More

Hi Simon,
I'm not sure whether you even remember me or not, but I did the UMAT last year and was trying to get into medicine. i know this comes really late, but well, i ended up getting in at Melbourne.
Once again, thank you so much to the whole team. I could never have done it without you.
Good luck with this years medIcine hopefuls.

Edith

I thought the program was definitely helpful, although I still don't think I went too well on the UMAT. I know it would have been a lot worse had I not done the course. i probably needed to spend... Read More

I thought the program was definitely helpful, although I still don't think I went too well on the UMAT. I know it would have been a lot worse had I not done the course. i probably needed to spend more time on the pattern recognition parts in section 3 though.
But you were right all along; if you want to do well you have to take the UMAT very seriously.
Thanks for you help and good luck with this years group,

Katherine

Hi Simon and Miranda!!

just wanted to say the BIGGEST thankyou for all your help with the interview prep. One thing that i certainly did find at the Adelaide interview was that they really made... Read More

Hi Simon and Miranda!!
just wanted to say the BIGGEST thankyou for all your help with the interview prep. One thing that i certainly did find at the Adelaide interview was that they really made the effort to be as friendly as possible and make sure that i felt as comfortable as possible. The questions that i got asked certainly mirrored what you had asked me and i did do my homework just as you asked, therefore i had many stories to tell them.
thanks heaps for ALL your help once again... i certainly feel that i was much more confident for this interview, and overall I’m pretty happy with how it went. I'll keep you guys posted!!

Nipuni

Hey Simon,

its Nadine here, and I have just got my umat results back. but due to living in china (and the loss of contact with actual, sane reality that inevitably follows that, lol) i dont know... Read More

Hey Simon,
its Nadine here, and I have just got my umat results back. but due to living in china (and the loss of contact with actual, sane reality that inevitably follows that, lol) i dont know how to interpret the results/ know if they're high enough to get an interview....
I got as raw scores: 61, 70, 63 percentiles i got: 90,99,91
which is a hell of a lot better than last year (after doing another course???), and sounds as if its good enough for interviews but I'm not sure as it will depend on how many people sat umat and out of those, who applied for medicine etc.
Would you please be able to fill me in on whether these scores are high enough? And if they are, approx when will interviews be held? Would the interviews require me to go back home or would it be possible to have an interview over the internet (using webcam) or over the phone?
thanks for filling me in on these questions! write back when u have the time,

Nadine

Hi, my name is Miri.

You probably don’t remember me, but I was the girl at the Adelaide UMAT prep course this year 'who just couldn’t see the shapes in the puzzles' and insisted it was... Read More

Hi, my name is Miri.
You probably don’t remember me, but I was the girl at the Adelaide UMAT prep course this year 'who just couldn’t see the shapes in the puzzles' and insisted it was impossible.
I had tried a few questions previously when I sat the UMAT in 2004, and tried to learn the techniques like looking for parallel lines etc. and i just couldn’t do it, I failed the shapes section miserably in 2004.
However, after attending the prep course this year I went home and finished every single question in the book and some I still had from last year and it worked! I got a percentile ranking of 91 in the 2005 UMAT and i just wanted to say Thank you very much, the way you taught it on the day helped me to believe that i could learn it.
And now thanks to my scores, I have an interview for dentistry, something i thought was impossible to get.
Thanks again.

Miri

Dear Simon and Miranda Christie,

My Name is Samuel Hall and I undertook the NIE UMAT Preparation Course and Mock Interview Course in 2005.

Dear Simon and Miranda Christie,
My Name is Samuel Hall and I undertook the NIE UMAT Preparation Course and Mock Interview Course in 2005.
I am pleased to let you know that the wonderful advice given to me by you concerning the UMAT and Interview Process throughout the year helped me gain a First Round Offer to study Medicine at the University of Adelaide in 2006.
Firstly, I would like to say that the notes you provide for the UMAT Preparation Course were an influential part to my success, In Particular, the notes regarding the Type 1 and 2 Puzzles in Section 3. I sat the UMAT in 2004 and had struggled with this part of the exam, but the hints and many example puzzles offered in the Section 3 Book made the Puzzles no longer intimidating, but something that could be approached with confidence.
Secondly, I would like to thank you for the advice you gave to me during my Mock Interview back on that rainy day in early December. I knew that if I was to succeed in the Interview Process that there were many things I still needed to improve on and the three of you picked out every little aspect that needed improvement and this definitely maximised my chances of gaining a place to Study Medicine.
I Wish you both the best and thank you again for helping me get one step closer to achieving my dream of becoming a doctor,
Many Thanks,

Samuel

Simon,

Your program was excellent for preparation for the UMAT, and many thanks to you and NIE. The interview booklet has also been of great help in preparation for next week's UNSW... Read More

Simon,
Your program was excellent for preparation for the UMAT, and many thanks to you and NIE. The interview booklet has also been of great help in preparation for next week's UNSW interviews.
Regards,

On Friday I received my UMAT results and was very happy with them. I scored well in all sections, getting on the 100th percentile in the first section, which I... Read More

Dear Simon, Miranda & Daniella,
On Friday I received my UMAT results and was very happy with them. I scored well in all sections, getting on the 100th percentile in the first section, which I never expected.
I attended one of your preparation sessions on a Sunday at Beth Rivkah Ladies College I'm sure I could not have been so successful without your training and practice booklets. Thank you for everything and I look forward to using your interview techniques book.
Thanks again.

Grace

Thanks NIE!

I got an interview at my first choice New South Wales! I’m delighted! Without your help I'm certain that i wouldn’t have done half as good! Although i haven't got my UMAT results... Read More

Thanks NIE!
I got an interview at my first choice New South Wales! I’m delighted! Without your help I'm certain that i wouldn’t have done half as good! Although i haven't got my UMAT results back, it can't be that bad.
I would like some help with my interview preparation. I saw on your site that you also have interview training. I was wondering if that is still available?
Thanks again NIE!

Allegra

Hi Simon and Miranda,

Our children just received their UMAT results half an hour ago. They have both done quite well and we thank you for all your assistance.

Hi Simon and Miranda,
Our children just received their UMAT results half an hour ago. They have both done quite well and we thank you for all your assistance.
Scores were 94, 67 and 96 and 99, 58 and 100 respectively.
Anyway, thanks again for everything and if we have any new information we will share that with you especially you may get lots of queries from others.

Beow Leng

Simon,

My umat results were 56, 56, 54; with percentile of 76, 76, 74.

A bit disappointing, but when doors close others always open. Either way I wouldn’t have scored anywhere near that... Read More

Simon,
My umat results were 56, 56, 54; with percentile of 76, 76, 74.
A bit disappointing, but when doors close others always open. Either way I wouldn’t have scored anywhere near that without your help.
Thanks,

Stephanie

Hi Simon,

Good news at my end in London:

Section 1: 59% Section 2: 98% Section 3: 96%

I'm hopeful that this might be enough to sneak in for an interview. Will let you know if I get an... Read More

Hi Simon,
Good news at my end in London:
Section 1: 59% Section 2: 98% Section 3: 96%
I'm hopeful that this might be enough to sneak in for an interview. Will let you know if I get an interview.
Regards,

John

Hey Simon,

Just letting you know, my percentiles were 91, 95, 65.

Thankyou very much for your assistance in the course, without the assistance in (especially in section three) I think I may... Read More

Hey Simon,
Just letting you know, my percentiles were 91, 95, 65.
Thankyou very much for your assistance in the course, without the assistance in (especially in section three) I think I may have found myself in the 0-20 category on all sections.
Thanks again, Simon.
Regards,

Tom

Thanks NIE, my scores did earn me an interview at UNSW.

I'm really happy with the overall quality of the preparation materials.

Thanks NIE, my scores did earn me an interview at UNSW.
I'm really happy with the overall quality of the preparation materials.
Without NIE I may not even earn a place for interview at UNSW.
Anyway a big thanks to you again.

It's hard exactly to say how much doing the course helped me actually get better marks but the big thing was the... Read More

Hi, my results were (percentiles) 94, 100, 99. My raw scores were 65, 84 and 76.
It's hard exactly to say how much doing the course helped me actually get better marks but the big thing was the confidence I had going into UMAT knowing that I had done my best to prepare for it. I think doing all those practise questions were definitely worth it, especially for the psychological advantage it gave me. The actual workshop was worth it for the mock UMAT exam alone, I thought that was a really good idea for us to do it under test conditions as it gave me so much confidence for the real thing.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks heaps for helping us Kiwis out for the UMAT!!

Claire

Hey guys!

Just thought I should let you know that I got into Medicine at Monash (My first preference). I would just like to say thanks for the UMAT and interview help you guys gave. By the way, I... Read More

Hey guys!
Just thought I should let you know that I got into Medicine at Monash (My first preference). I would just like to say thanks for the UMAT and interview help you guys gave. By the way, I felt that the Monash interview was very friendly and less intense than the mock interview. However, I think the intensity and difficulty of the mock interview was good as it made the Monash interview seem like a walk in the park! ....well maybe not that easy!
Cheers,

Ramanan

Thanks for your email, just to let you know I did make it into medicine at Hobart, which is what I wanted. Maybe my efforts weren’t that bad after all.

Thanks again.

Pamela

Dear Simon,

I was one of the many students that participated in your workshop last year, and I have to say it was a great help. The UMAT workbooks and information you provided were more than... Read More

Dear Simon,
I was one of the many students that participated in your workshop last year, and I have to say it was a great help. The UMAT workbooks and information you provided were more than sufficient tools for any prospective student wanting a course in health sciences/medicine. And of course, let's not forget the many e-mails back and forth answering all my persistent queries and concerns about the admissions exam! All of the teachers were valuable mentors to me, and I can only wish you continued success in this programme.
I was called for three interviews for medicine, and was accepted by two...one of which I believed was far beyond my reach and which I had hoped to enter. With God's help and your training, I am now undertaking 1st year medicine at this uni, and couldn't be happier.
Thank you again, and all the best for the coming years!

Travina

I have recently signed up for your UMAT preparation course in June, and have been working through the material you have sent over - it is such a massive help for me. I've been working through the... Read More

I have recently signed up for your UMAT preparation course in June, and have been working through the material you have sent over - it is such a massive help for me. I've been working through the Section III book and like you said, after learning the technique, I am now very confident with these questions.

Ed

Hello to the (really nice) people at NIE UMAT preparation...This is Barbara, I don't know if you remember me, but I undertook your course on preparation for the UMAT exam, as well as the mock... Read More

Hello to the (really nice) people at NIE UMAT preparation...This is Barbara, I don't know if you remember me, but I undertook your course on preparation for the UMAT exam, as well as the mock interview. Sorry I'm writing so late but I just wanted to say...
THANK-YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!
Thanks to your help I was accepted in medicine at Monash University this year. It's without a doubt that if I hadn't have done your course, i would have failed the UMAT with flying colours and definitely not been offered an interview, let alone be accepted into the medicine course at Monash (which in, by the way, I'm having an absolute blast... love it!!!!).
In all three sections of the UMAT the books you sent me explained everything very clearly and the practice questions were of invaluable help.
In regards to the mock interview that you organised, even though it was tough....really tough (which was a good thing), it made the actual interview seem like a walk in the park, I in fact enjoyed the actual interview! I was once again very satisfied with this and I believe that without your mock interview I wouldn't have been accepted.
Your course is one of the cheapest and I really recommend it to anyone who is thinking about doing medicine... as long as they are willing to put in the work, study the books you send and do all the questions.
Thank-you once again.
Barbara (1st year medical student at Monash Uni ...yay!)

Barbara

Dear Simon/Miranda

How are you guys going?

It's V here, I'm not sure if you remember me but I attended a couple of your workshops.

Just letting you know that I did end up making Med at UNSW... Read More

Dear Simon/Miranda
How are you guys going?
It's V here, I'm not sure if you remember me but I attended a couple of your workshops.
Just letting you know that I did end up making Med at UNSW and Monash and I chose UNSW.
A million thanks for all the guidance and information you gave, it proved really helpful and worthwhile.
Sincere thanks once again, take care and who knows, I may see you in Melbourne some time.
Cheers.

V

Hi Simon & Miranda,

I have received all the study material and books through mail today, thanks very much. Sunday's workshop was very impressive and very helpful. I would never regret... Read More

Hi Simon & Miranda,
I have received all the study material and books through mail today, thanks very much. Sunday's workshop was very impressive and very helpful. I would never regret participating it.
I started a bit late for preparing the test, the starter kit was actually my first touch of UMAT. Fingers crossed.
You memtioned at the end of the day that students can get explinations of the mock test answers. Would you mind pass me a copy of that? I reckon its useful to review and revise every single questions - simply to find out why I was wrong and how to avoid that mistake from happening when sitting the real exam.
Again I really appreciate all the efforts that you've put in.
Best regards,

Kevin

I would like to thank you guys once again for your valuable coaching. I would recommend to all future students sitting the UMAT! Thanks,

Josephine

Hi, it’s Amuthan here, you did interview training with me for the JCU interview. I thought I should let u know, that I got a first round CSP offer into Griffith dentistry and I just got offered a... Read More

Hi, it’s Amuthan here, you did interview training with me for the JCU interview. I thought I should let u know, that I got a first round CSP offer into Griffith dentistry and I just got offered a late round CSP offer for JCU on Friday so I am really excited!
I just wanted to thank you for all your efforts in training me, that vigorous interview really did set me up for the JCU interview and it really helped me prepare for the real interview… your formula really did work!
Thanks a lot, and I guess you’ll be seeing my sister soon!

Amuthan

Thanks to your course I was able to place in the 100 percentile for this year’s UMAT.

Thanks to your course I was able to place in the 100 percentile for this year’s UMAT.
My raw scores were 74, 61, 82 which was roughly 100, 90, 100 in percentile terms. The NIE books were invaluable in achieving this result. Not only do they contain lots of questions for practice but also approaches to certain types of questions within each section. This really helped me turn section 3 from my worst to my best.
It was great to get these results but as was shown by my practice interview, my technique needed a lot of work. Simon and Miranda you were great in highlighting my strengths and weaknesses and the foolproof technique has given me a newfound confidence in approaching the interviews.
To anyone thinking about NIE coaching it has my complete support. Without NIE I would’ve bombed section 3 and not been offered a single interview. The interview coaching is amazing and if you are lucky enough to achieve a good result don’t waste it and get the interview help.
Thanks again NIE, you’re the best!

James

I did the NIE course for two years.

I struggled at the start with the easiest questions in the book. I thought I could not improve my performance in the UMAT and I was never going to become a... Read More

I did the NIE course for two years.
I struggled at the start with the easiest questions in the book. I thought I could not improve my performance in the UMAT and I was never going to become a Doctor. If I was not given the expert guidance by Simon and Miranda I would never have been able to follow my dream. I could not have faced the UMAT on my own.
I also strongly suggest that anyone who has received an interview offer to attend Simon and Miranda’s individual interview training session.

Dilan

Dear Miranda and Simon,

I am writing to thank you for helping me with my interview for Physiotherapy at Monash University. I received and have enrolled into the course. I will influence anyone I... Read More

Dear Miranda and Simon,
I am writing to thank you for helping me with my interview for Physiotherapy at Monash University. I received and have enrolled into the course. I will influence anyone I know who needs to take a similar interview to take the course as I found it to be worth every dollar. I will be moving to Frankston so I will not have to take the 2 hour train ride!

David

Hi, this is Annjaleen. I just wanted to say a very very big thank you for your help and advice about all things interview and to let you know that I got a accepted to Adelaide and Monash. I was a bit... Read More

Hi, this is Annjaleen. I just wanted to say a very very big thank you for your help and advice about all things interview and to let you know that I got a accepted to Adelaide and Monash. I was a bit shocked to get the offer but I now believe when you say that you have a 100% success rate. You are the greatest, thanks again!

Anjie

Dear Simon,

I am sure you could remember me. I came for interview practice to attend an interview in the UK, Hull York Medical School(HYMS). I am very pleased to say that I have been given an... Read More

Dear Simon,
I am sure you could remember me. I came for interview practice to attend an interview in the UK, Hull York Medical School(HYMS). I am very pleased to say that I have been given an unconditional offer to study medicine at HYMS. I am definitely moving there to start Medicine.
I would like to thank you for helping me with my interview skills. You have given me loads of hints and advice which I think I will carry for the rest of my life. The 3 hr interview practice was worth all the trouble flying all the way from Perth to Melbourne. It has earned me a seat in a Uk medical school. I am very excited to start a new life there. My parents are absolutely ecstatic and very proud of me. Dad sends his regards to you as well.
Thank you very much once again!
Kind Regards,

Si

Hi,

Thank you for a very informative and interesting workshop! May I please have a copy of the answers (and explanations) to the UMAT Trial Test completed today?

Thanks again,

Simone

Thank you for a very informative and interesting workshop! May I please have a copy of the answers (and explanations) to the UMAT Trial Test completed today?

Thanks again,

Anosh

Hi,

My name is Sathyan and I am one of the students who attended the wokshop on July 5. Unfortunately I had to leave early and was unable to view the solutions to the practice test. I was... Read More

Hi,
My name is Sathyan and I am one of the students who attended the wokshop on July 5. Unfortunately I had to leave early and was unable to view the solutions to the practice test. I was wondering if I could be sent the worked solutions to the practice test as this would be of great help. I found the workshop very much worthwhile and would like to thank all of you for your help.
Thanks,

Sath

Dear Miranda,

Normally i have been getting 30's in the online course for section 2. However, after i did the NIE test at the workshop, i only got 18, which was of great concern to me. So i decided... Read More

Dear Miranda,
Normally i have been getting 30's in the online course for section 2. However, after i did the NIE test at the workshop, i only got 18, which was of great concern to me. So i decided to increase my workload for section 2 and i created a "Word Guide". Basically, i followed your pattern of thinking that when you isolate two options, there will be 2 similar options that will vary in strength, and how the particular events in the passage indicate the strength of the word.
I was wondering if you could go through and make sure my words are in the correct place, and could you also answer my questions in red.

Sachin

Hey Simon, Miranda & Daisy.

I just wanted to say thank you heaps for the great UMAT practice day on Saturday and the brilliantly written course books & questions, they helped immensely and I'll... Read More

Hey Simon, Miranda & Daisy.
I just wanted to say thank you heaps for the great UMAT practice day on Saturday and the brilliantly written course books & questions, they helped immensely and I'll definitely recommend your course to anyone wishing to take UMAT in the future.
I think it went really well, but of course we'll all have to wait till the results come out to know for sure! The tips and practice definitely helped so much though,
Thanks heaps!

Lily

Hi Simon,

Thank you so much for the reassurance. The test actually went well, I know that the NIE preparation helped me enormously and really matched well with the exam question types. I... Read More

Hi Simon,
Thank you so much for the reassurance. The test actually went well, I know that the NIE preparation helped me enormously and really matched well with the exam question types. I certainly did a lot better than I would have done without the prep material and I think I have to be happy with what marks I get then! Section 2 was a
lot more time restricted and tricky than it has been, but I felt section 1 went pretty well which is what I have usually done worst at.

Hazel

Hey Simon/Miranda :)

UMAT IS OVER WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I can finally have my life back now! Well at least one half, VCE owns the other half. I found it was a pretty okay exam - section 1 was much much... Read More

Hey Simon/Miranda :)
UMAT IS OVER WOOHOO!!!!!!!! I can finally have my life back now! Well at least one half, VCE owns the other half. I found it was a pretty okay exam - section 1 was much much better than I expected (its my weakest section), section 2 I finished early but questions were challenging/harder than I expected/not as straightforward and section 3 was quite doable but I did guess a couple:) But I spose we'll only really know when results come out hey?
I hope youve been hearing good news from everyone else! I just wanted to say thankyou so so so much for all the dedication and effort and support you put into the NIE prep program, I really benefited from the material- Im certain I would've bombed section 1 if it wasn't for all the little tricks I picked up! The books were fantastic, I loved them!
I guess a small piece of constructive feedback I'd offer is that if the pool of questions in each book were broken up into smaller pieces with time constraints. For example if a section 1 book contains 300 questions, break the questions into like 20q with the respective time limit of 78 seconds per question. Like little drills? Or even break questions into exact no. questions of that section in the exam? I found that as I was working through the manuals, I divided the questions into the no. questions that were in the actual exam ie. 40 questions in 50mins for section 2 - I think this really helped me in terms of gradually getting used to the harsh time limits.
But ohter than that the program was amazing! I cannot thank you both enough! Even if I didnt make it into medicine, NIE has provided me with strategies to broadened my thinking and approach to questions in VCE and even beyond, and perhaps that is what I value most from it all.
Im fair sure Im going to have UMAT withdrawal symptoms now.. oh god bring it on!
Take care and best wishes for the future,

Prerna

I'd like to tell you that my daughter *ML, *ML's sister, went to your course in 2003 and achieved excellent results and received medicine course offers from Adelaide Uni, Melbourne Uni, Tasmania Uni... Read More

I'd like to tell you that my daughter *ML, *ML's sister, went to your course in 2003 and achieved excellent results and received medicine course offers from Adelaide Uni, Melbourne Uni, Tasmania Uni and NSW Uni. She went to Melbourne Uni and now she is a fully qualified Doctor. Thank your company and that's why for my son I choose your company for his UMAT prep.

Sandra

I recently attended the UMAT workshop and it provided me with such an insight into the exam. I was quite unprepared and being there made me realise that I do need to boost my preparation, thank you.

Jaimi

I have done the interview training (personal one) with tutor and was great and awesome. I strongly recommend you guys to do it with NIE tutor as we can get very important information and training to... Read More

I have done the interview training (personal one) with tutor and was great and awesome. I strongly recommend you guys to do it with NIE tutor as we can get very important information and training to prepare interview, don't miss it out!!

Paul Lee

Hello,

I attended the UMAT lecture in Brisbane on Sunday and I feel like I gained a lot of benefit from the workshop and would like to thank all the teachers for their help.

Regards,

Alexander

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